Service difficulty report · Drain Line · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
May 27, 2013
Submitted
May 29, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N909AE
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
14500899
Aircraft time
21,286 hours, 18,017 cycles
Part
Drain Line
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Pitot/Static Sys
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, S
Precautionary procedure
B

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

THE CREW REPORTED THAT IN ICING CONDITIONS THEY GOT AMBER IAS AND ALT INDICATIONS AT 37,000 FEET. THE PROBLEM PERSISTED UNTIL 20,000. AT ONE POINT FOS AIRSPEED INDICATED 60KTS AND FOS ALTIMETER WAY OFF. THE CAPTAIN'S ALTIMETER JUMPED TO DIFFERENT INDICATIONS STANDBY REMAINED SOMEWHAT STABLE. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO DEFECTS WERER NOTED DURING POST FLIGHT AND THE ACFT WAS FOUND WITH NO ICE UPON LANDING. THE ACFT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE. DRAINED PITOT-STATIC DRAIN TUBES IAW AMM TASK 34-13+00-650-801-A. PERFORMED FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF ADC SYS. THE OPS CHECK WAS GOOD IAW AE W/C 34-700-03. PERFORM OPS CHECK OF PITOT AND ANEMOMETRIC STATIC PORT HEATING. THE OPS CHECK WAS GOOD IAW AMM 30-700-07. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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